Monday, October 15, 2007

On Sunday, October 14th, Amy and I led the Association Sunday at Channing Church in Newport, RI. I'll tell you about our sermon later (Now is the Time: Our Tipping Point!) and my new approach to making Unitarian Universalism very easy to spread.

But before the sermon, we had a message for all ages including the following UU adaptation of Queen's "We will Rock You!" I must say that it was a blast having the whole congregation stomping their feet and clapping their hands with the kids up front practically screaming/squeeling with excitement.... Yes, we rocked out. WE ARE UU!Original concept by please identify yourselfNew lyrics by Rev. Amy FreedmanWe Are! We Are, UU. We Are! We Are, UU. Sing with me now.

We Are! We Are, UU. Everybody! We Are! We Are, UU.

Keep that beat going…

Uni-tari-an Universal-istsin A-sso-ciation now hear this!

From coast to coast, near and far,let your voice be heard wherever you are.

Sing it!

We Are! We Are, UU. Everybody!We Are! We Are, UU.

Come on now, don’t be shyWhether you’re a gal or a guy.

You can still respect other points of viewand tell them about your religion too.

We Are! We Are, UU. We Are! We Are, UU.

[name of congregation] is a special placetouching lives with care and grace.

Offering gifts in shared min-is-tryis the way for you and me.

We Are! We Are, UU. We Are! We Are, UU. Everybody!

Like a flaming chalice oh so bright,Our message is of love and light.

From coast to coast, near and far,Let your voice be heard wherever you are. Last time! Sing it!

On my site http://www.uufaq.com/ I have been compiling all of the content I discuss with people in the course of my UU evangelism. One of the missing bits of info has been a "tree of religions" showing our UU family tree. I've found it helpful to communicate our place in history. However, this isn't the easiest thing to draw on a napkin in a coffee shop.

Using a fun online tool I've made a bubbl.us version of our family tree. Feel free to share it. AND please, I'm no historian. Give me corrections. It was a royal pain in the you know what trying to get enough info from our various websites to make this version. This info should be much easier to find. So help me out. If you're a UU historian, please send me feedback. You can comment below.

Here is the link and an embedded flash version (click and drag to move).